Alternative fisheries and the predation rate of yellowfin tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 724-734

  Essington, Timothy E ^a,d,e   Schindler, Daniel E ^b   Olson, Robert J ^c   Kitchell, James F ^a   Boggs, Chris ^d   Hilborn, Ray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apex predator; Bioenergetics; Dolphin; Ecosystem; Fisheries; Food webs; Longline; Predator prey; Purse seine; Recruitment; Thunnus albacares; Yellowfin tuna

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING GEAR; FOOD WEB; PREDATOR; TUNA FISHERY;

(EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

CORYPHAENIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 0242584982     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0724:AFATPR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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